User talk:Majorly/ACE2009

Q9
Interesting that you seem to disagree with my response to Q9 for exactly the opposite reason that I state; you appear to see it as placing functionaries at the mercy of ArbCom &mdash; I see it as protecting functionaries from mob retribution (or at least so I guess from your critique of Q27/28, I might just not understand your position right).

As for the others &mdash; well, we seem to be proceeding from different approaches and it just look like we plain 'ol don't see eye to eye. And that's okay. &mdash; Coren (talk) 20:50, 20 November 2009 (UTC)
 * I don't believe the community are a mob. I don't believe Arbcom are able to make the right call.  Majorly  talk  16:21, 25 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Not always, certainly, but you know as well as I do that one inflamatory message is often enough to start a major explosion where nobody actually looks at the facts anymore and decisions are made according to whoever manages to be the most loud/noticable (or, worse, just "whoever shows up in the right 15 minutes")&mdash; ArbCom members aren't immune to this, but it is considerably less likely. The best of both worlds, obviously, would be that most cases go to a community process that then brings its recommendation to ArbCom for action&mdash; still provides a safety barrier but doesn't rely on ArbCom to notice/act in typical cases. &mdash; Coren (talk) 16:53, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

Mass creation of stubs
The early proposal of FritzpollBot, about 12-18 months ago, I believe is what you're referring to. One of the first times I had to deal with the community en masse, saw the objection, changed the proposal until there was general acceptance of the methodology. Then sat back, looked at it, re-read people's comments and thought "this isn't really a good idea at all". I never implemented it, and have opposed automated stub creation ever since. I will confess to having gone along with the idea at the time, and if that means an oppose, so be it - but for the record, I have been of the same opinion as you for quite some time. Fritzpoll (talk) 19:40, 25 November 2009 (UTC)
 * That's good to hear; I thought as much. I probably wouldn't oppose over that anyway.  Majorly  talk  19:44, 25 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Just wanted to clarify :) Fritzpoll (talk) 19:53, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

"Seemed to grow up overnight"
My thoughts, if you're interested: you really were bang on with your evaluation of my candidacy. I guess that, as of a year or so back, I just started to take things seriously on here. Your guide was a good read. Regards, AGK 22:24, 18 December 2009 (UTC)